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We don’t talk enough about how American fascism is a blend of authoritarian capitalism, Christian Nationalism, millenarianism, a Freudian death cult, and adoration of the dumbest, cheapest shit you would find stuffed in the closet of a pack rat next to Jeff Gordon commemorative Pepsi cans.
August 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We don’t talk enough about how American fascism is a blend of authoritarian capitalism, Christian Nationalism, millenarianism, a Freudian death cult, and adoration of the dumbest, cheapest shit you would find stuffed in the closet of a pack rat next to Jeff Gordon commemorative Pepsi cans.
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Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting.
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs are under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
M8.7 earthquake in Russia prompts tsunami warning for western Aleutians and Pribiolof Islands
Alaska communities in the Aleutians and Pribilofs are under a tsunami warning after a magnitude 8.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka at about 3:25 p.m. Alaska time.
alaskapublic.org
July 30, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Many of the places under a tsunami warning or watch are *only* served by public broadcasting.
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
Thanks to Congressional Repubs, including AK's Sullivan & Begich, the stations that disseminate warnings could run out of money to operate w/in a few months.
Because who needs tsunami warnings, amirite?
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It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
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“Today’s mafia is transnational but not ethnic. Its criminals have multiple passports and offshore accounts and no national allegiances. To them, countries are land masses to be stripped and sold for parts…”
This paragraph was written in January 2024. The election outcome was already evident. What the mafia state needed was a passive citizenry with baseless trust in corrupt institutions. Otherwise they might actually rise up against the authoritarian threat. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/americas-l...
July 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Today’s mafia is transnational but not ethnic. Its criminals have multiple passports and offshore accounts and no national allegiances. To them, countries are land masses to be stripped and sold for parts…”
“The realization that the answer to the question “is it authoritarianism or is it a grift?” was always a simple and unhesitant yes is the key. The ideology and the performance and the theft was and is the point. And they will not stop until they have everything and we have nothing.”
Fascism is theft.
The lawlessness. The cruelty. The brutality. It is a means of asserting power and providing a cover for the wealthy to steal everything they can.
This is an all-out robbery and there will be nothing left unless we stop them.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/its-a-robb...
The lawlessness. The cruelty. The brutality. It is a means of asserting power and providing a cover for the wealthy to steal everything they can.
This is an all-out robbery and there will be nothing left unless we stop them.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/its-a-robb...
It's A Robbery: Fascism as a Means for Plundering
Authoritarianism isn't just an ideology or political project. It's also an avenue for stealing your money
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“The realization that the answer to the question “is it authoritarianism or is it a grift?” was always a simple and unhesitant yes is the key. The ideology and the performance and the theft was and is the point. And they will not stop until they have everything and we have nothing.”
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Really fascinating that years ago all political and economic focus was steered toward tech to the detriment of education, critical thinking, and disciplines like the humanities that promote empathy and we ended up in a fascist tech dominated dystopia where everyone’s drowning in conspiracy theories.
June 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Really fascinating that years ago all political and economic focus was steered toward tech to the detriment of education, critical thinking, and disciplines like the humanities that promote empathy and we ended up in a fascist tech dominated dystopia where everyone’s drowning in conspiracy theories.
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Authoritarianism and war share similar solutions.
One of them, and we really need to start working toward this, is a mass strike. This would be hard, stressful, and painful. But we need to have this conversation. Now.
One of them, and we really need to start working toward this, is a mass strike. This would be hard, stressful, and painful. But we need to have this conversation. Now.
June 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Authoritarianism and war share similar solutions.
One of them, and we really need to start working toward this, is a mass strike. This would be hard, stressful, and painful. But we need to have this conversation. Now.
One of them, and we really need to start working toward this, is a mass strike. This would be hard, stressful, and painful. But we need to have this conversation. Now.
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Everybody look at Sarah, this is how you do it
April 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Everybody look at Sarah, this is how you do it
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In case you hadn't noticed:
April 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In case you hadn't noticed:
Sounds about right
Trump wrote nO cIViL riGHts aCT on the bathroom wall with his own turd and thinks its the law now
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sounds about right
“I spilled my blood and they peddle it as sangria.”
Ew. Really gross that they’re copying your stuff (and not even well). @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
Ew. Really gross that they’re copying your stuff (and not even well). @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
It is wild looking back at these 2016 articles and seeing watered-down versions of them now written by rich people who denigrated or even threatened me at the time.
I spilled my blood and they peddle it as sangria.
I spilled my blood and they peddle it as sangria.
Nov 2016: thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-he...
March 2016: thediplomat.com/2016/03/trum...
But what do I know, I'm just a woman with a PhD in the exact subject matter relevant to the topic and decades of journalism about US decline 🙃
March 2016: thediplomat.com/2016/03/trum...
But what do I know, I'm just a woman with a PhD in the exact subject matter relevant to the topic and decades of journalism about US decline 🙃
April 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“I spilled my blood and they peddle it as sangria.”
Ew. Really gross that they’re copying your stuff (and not even well). @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
Ew. Really gross that they’re copying your stuff (and not even well). @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
“If you have ever read or repeated the poem “First they came for….,” know that the incarcerated are among the earliest citizens who are subjected to the cruelty of authoritarians. They are low-hanging fruit, because so many of us have sanctioned violence against them.”
I pray you’ll read my latest. We are being challenged as a nation and this is a test we must pass.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
Americans Must Prepare to Fight for the Citizenship Rights of U.S. Prisoners
Trump's Plan to Render U.S. Citizens to Foreign Jails Seeks to Exploit Americans' Disinterest in the Rights of Prisoners
open.substack.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:15 AM
“If you have ever read or repeated the poem “First they came for….,” know that the incarcerated are among the earliest citizens who are subjected to the cruelty of authoritarians. They are low-hanging fruit, because so many of us have sanctioned violence against them.”
It’s been a very @sarahkendzior.bsky.social week! Got to attend her packed event at Elliott Bay Books and today I got a keychain. My new favorite keychain. :) #americaispurple #likeabruise
Thanks, Sarah, for helping us navigate these weird and trying times! 😊
Thanks, Sarah, for helping us navigate these weird and trying times! 😊
April 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It’s been a very @sarahkendzior.bsky.social week! Got to attend her packed event at Elliott Bay Books and today I got a keychain. My new favorite keychain. :) #americaispurple #likeabruise
Thanks, Sarah, for helping us navigate these weird and trying times! 😊
Thanks, Sarah, for helping us navigate these weird and trying times! 😊
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Art class should never stop being a thing. Like if right after lunch we all got to go down to the basement for an hour, throw on a smock, and make collages out of old magazines while somebody's eccentric, slightly witchy aunt tells us how great we're doing, I feel like we'd all be in a better place.
April 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Art class should never stop being a thing. Like if right after lunch we all got to go down to the basement for an hour, throw on a smock, and make collages out of old magazines while somebody's eccentric, slightly witchy aunt tells us how great we're doing, I feel like we'd all be in a better place.
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From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
March 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
From interview of Lee Bollinger, 1st Amendment scholar who served as dean of @UMichLaw, president of @UMich, and president of Columbia University.
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
www.chronicle.com/article/were...
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From October 2024: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/totem-and-...
March 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From October 2024: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/totem-and-...
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He was always a used car salesman at heart.
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He was always a used car salesman at heart.
How does she write about these terrible things that are happening, and that she predicted would happen, with such beautiful, fascinating skill?
She wrote this about the late great Georgia O’Keeffe, but it applies to her as well.
“She wanted to show a cruel world something beautiful without lying.”
She wrote this about the late great Georgia O’Keeffe, but it applies to her as well.
“She wanted to show a cruel world something beautiful without lying.”
New article! On depression and resilience in an autocratic America: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-black-...
The Black Place
In an autocratic America, I’ll choose my hill to die on.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
How does she write about these terrible things that are happening, and that she predicted would happen, with such beautiful, fascinating skill?
She wrote this about the late great Georgia O’Keeffe, but it applies to her as well.
“She wanted to show a cruel world something beautiful without lying.”
She wrote this about the late great Georgia O’Keeffe, but it applies to her as well.
“She wanted to show a cruel world something beautiful without lying.”
Firing volunteers. Genius.
“To be clear: these are volunteer roles. Unlike so many vital federal workers, I didn't lose my job - just the opportunity to serve our country alongside thousands of other experts on FACs across federal agencies.”
“To be clear: these are volunteer roles. Unlike so many vital federal workers, I didn't lose my job - just the opportunity to serve our country alongside thousands of other experts on FACs across federal agencies.”
I just received notice that the Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science for the Department of the Interior has been eliminated. It was an honor to serve alongside other experts to advance science-informed management of natural and cultural resources in the face of climate change. 1/
March 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Firing volunteers. Genius.
“To be clear: these are volunteer roles. Unlike so many vital federal workers, I didn't lose my job - just the opportunity to serve our country alongside thousands of other experts on FACs across federal agencies.”
“To be clear: these are volunteer roles. Unlike so many vital federal workers, I didn't lose my job - just the opportunity to serve our country alongside thousands of other experts on FACs across federal agencies.”
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Hmm🧐
Huh, I guess 23-year-old tech bro incels don’t actually know how to appropriately staff the entire United States government after all.
February 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hmm🧐
Science, people. It’s really friggin important. And it’s brought to you by awesome humans like this one.
I escaped poverty because I am a scientist.
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation.
A 🧵:
February 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Science, people. It’s really friggin important. And it’s brought to you by awesome humans like this one.
I hope America is as lucky as the delta jet - everyone survives but the right wing explodes
February 19, 2025 at 1:33 AM